Box 1
Container
Contains 18 Results:
Papers of John Brooks to the referees outlining his case [2 sets], undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: I.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series I. John Brooks vs. John Andrew, is a collection of legal papers related to the suit brought by John Brooks against John Andrew regarding his construction of a platform and building extending west from the causeway to Union (Long) Wharf on tidal flats claimed by Brooks by his deed from Joseph Chipman. Andrew's defense was that there had been an ancient channel north of Jeggles Island, upon which Long Wharf was built (1726), which defined the limits of the flats and, therefore, Brooks'...
Dates:
undated
Extracts from the Union Wharf Proprietor's Book, 1825
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: I.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series I. John Brooks vs. John Andrew, is a collection of legal papers related to the suit brought by John Brooks against John Andrew regarding his construction of a platform and building extending west from the causeway to Union (Long) Wharf on tidal flats claimed by Brooks by his deed from Joseph Chipman. Andrew's defense was that there had been an ancient channel north of Jeggles Island, upon which Long Wharf was built (1726), which defined the limits of the flats and, therefore, Brooks'...
Dates:
1825
A review of John Brooks' case, including his arguments, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: I.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series I. John Brooks vs. John Andrew, is a collection of legal papers related to the suit brought by John Brooks against John Andrew regarding his construction of a platform and building extending west from the causeway to Union (Long) Wharf on tidal flats claimed by Brooks by his deed from Joseph Chipman. Andrew's defense was that there had been an ancient channel north of Jeggles Island, upon which Long Wharf was built (1726), which defined the limits of the flats and, therefore, Brooks'...
Dates:
undated
Outline of the history of the construction of Union Wharf and the Crowninshield vs. Derby trial, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: I.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series I. John Brooks vs. John Andrew, is a collection of legal papers related to the suit brought by John Brooks against John Andrew regarding his construction of a platform and building extending west from the causeway to Union (Long) Wharf on tidal flats claimed by Brooks by his deed from Joseph Chipman. Andrew's defense was that there had been an ancient channel north of Jeggles Island, upon which Long Wharf was built (1726), which defined the limits of the flats and, therefore, Brooks'...
Dates:
undated
Depositions of Isaac Verry and Joseph Smith, 1825
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: I.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series I. John Brooks vs. John Andrew, is a collection of legal papers related to the suit brought by John Brooks against John Andrew regarding his construction of a platform and building extending west from the causeway to Union (Long) Wharf on tidal flats claimed by Brooks by his deed from Joseph Chipman. Andrew's defense was that there had been an ancient channel north of Jeggles Island, upon which Long Wharf was built (1726), which defined the limits of the flats and, therefore, Brooks'...
Dates:
1825
Decision of the arbitrators, who ruled in favor of Andrew, 1825
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: I.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series I. John Brooks vs. John Andrew, is a collection of legal papers related to the suit brought by John Brooks against John Andrew regarding his construction of a platform and building extending west from the causeway to Union (Long) Wharf on tidal flats claimed by Brooks by his deed from Joseph Chipman. Andrew's defense was that there had been an ancient channel north of Jeggles Island, upon which Long Wharf was built (1726), which defined the limits of the flats and, therefore, Brooks'...
Dates:
1825
Copies of the deeds of Ebenezer Tozzer to Joseph Chipman (1769), David Phippen to Joseph Chipman (1769), Joshua Phippen to Joseph Chipman (1791), undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: I.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series I. John Brooks vs. John Andrew, is a collection of legal papers related to the suit brought by John Brooks against John Andrew regarding his construction of a platform and building extending west from the causeway to Union (Long) Wharf on tidal flats claimed by Brooks by his deed from Joseph Chipman. Andrew's defense was that there had been an ancient channel north of Jeggles Island, upon which Long Wharf was built (1726), which defined the limits of the flats and, therefore, Brooks'...
Dates:
undated
Paper with the dimensions of the wharf, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: I.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series I. John Brooks vs. John Andrew, is a collection of legal papers related to the suit brought by John Brooks against John Andrew regarding his construction of a platform and building extending west from the causeway to Union (Long) Wharf on tidal flats claimed by Brooks by his deed from Joseph Chipman. Andrew's defense was that there had been an ancient channel north of Jeggles Island, upon which Long Wharf was built (1726), which defined the limits of the flats and, therefore, Brooks'...
Dates:
undated
Copies of material related to the 1806 suit of George Crowninshield vs. Elias H. Derby, et. al., regarding a land dispute related to Union Wharf, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: I.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series I. John Brooks vs. John Andrew, is a collection of legal papers related to the suit brought by John Brooks against John Andrew regarding his construction of a platform and building extending west from the causeway to Union (Long) Wharf on tidal flats claimed by Brooks by his deed from Joseph Chipman. Andrew's defense was that there had been an ancient channel north of Jeggles Island, upon which Long Wharf was built (1726), which defined the limits of the flats and, therefore, Brooks'...
Dates:
undated
Excerpts from deeds of Samuel and Nathaniel Swasey to Richard Derby (1741), Samuel Whitefoot to Union Wharf Proprietors (1726), John Barton to Jacob and John Crowninshield (1772), and the estate of James Hardy to Samuel Swasey (1717), undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: I.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series I. John Brooks vs. John Andrew, is a collection of legal papers related to the suit brought by John Brooks against John Andrew regarding his construction of a platform and building extending west from the causeway to Union (Long) Wharf on tidal flats claimed by Brooks by his deed from Joseph Chipman. Andrew's defense was that there had been an ancient channel north of Jeggles Island, upon which Long Wharf was built (1726), which defined the limits of the flats and, therefore, Brooks'...
Dates:
undated